eGaming Review - August Rakeback Edition
I think I mentioned previously that I had done a telephone interview with Stephen Carter from eGaming Review on a special feature they were doing on rakeback. If not, SURPRISE! Anyway,…
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Will bwin Buy The World Poker Tour?
According to this seemingly little followed story, bwin may be making a play to purchase the World Poker Tour. Although the company which WPT were holding discussions with has not been…
Read the articleThe Online Poker Industry's Love Hate Relationship With Rakeback
Exclusive Report Learn how you could make a living playing poker. There's probably no single topic that divides the online poker industry more than rakeback [what is rakeback?].…
Read the articleMore On Sponsorships
From the beating a dead horse department: I ran across an interesting article in eGaming Review regarding sponsorships at the WSOP. As you might recall I recently posted about this issue…
Read the article10 Questions With Rafe Furst
I did this with Rafe a few weeks ago but just got way too caught up in some things in my personal life that I never got around to posting it. My apologies to Rafe for not getting to it…
Read the articleCalvin Ayre Travel Guide
According to Gambling911 it is probably a good idea if Calvin Ayre not visit any country with an extradition treaty with the US. The cite rumors that he is already under secret…
Read the articleKGC Needs to do the Right Thing
The PPA has recently come out with a statement which indicates their dissatisfaction with the Kahnawake Gaming Commission's (KGC) handling of the Absolute and Ultimate Bet cheating…
Read the articlePhil Hellmuth Heart Phil Hellmuth
Not that it comes as a surprise to anyone who follows poker but Robin Millard reporting from London for the Bangkok Post has some great quotes from the best poker player in the world…
Read the articleMike Matusow and His Brother Have Major Falling Out
I use Google Reader and I follow Mike's brother's site called the Matasow Truth Blog and was a little surprised to find this post on the site. I know longer work for Mike this site will…
Read the articleBodog / NewBodog Is Just The Beginning
I may do a more in-depth post at some point in the future but I think the thing many people are missing in all this Bodog/NewBodog mess is that this is an interesting legal tactic that…
Read the articleWSEX Goes From No Rake to 25% Rake
WSEX, the site that promoted itself almost entirely on the fact that it was rake free (well, technically, 100% rakeback [what is rakeback?]), is now only returning 75% to players. While…
Read the articlePoker Solves Crimes
Considering all the people getting tossed in jail for running home games and such I found this story of the Polk County Sheriff's Office, in partnership with Crime Stoppers, handing out…
Read the articleGood News Overseas
Couple of cool things going on overseas. First the EU pimp slapped France and Sweden for protecting their own state run gaming monopolies. The government of Sweden runs its own poker…
Read the articleTerrence Chan != Johnny Chan
I'm not going to add fuel to the fire here but I just wanted to sum it up in case anyone missed it: Terrence Chan plays in the Playboy mansion charity tournament and makes the final…
Read the articleLet The Games Begin: YouTeller Making False Claims?
Some folks started holding out hope that YouTeller would save the day by being the next Neteller. Those hopes are beginning to look like their about to be trampled on as eGaming Review…
Read the articleMyWebATM = DOA?
Full Tilt has been hard-pimping a new payment processor called MyWebATM but this one may be dead on arrival. Basically MyWebATM is some sort of pre-paid debit card. They do issue…
Read the articleWicked Chops Blog Files
I did an interview with Wicked Chops (the fine people who brought you Phil Gordon for President ) over the weekend. I would tell you it's great but then again, I'm a little biased on the…
Read the articleOnline Poker, Bubbles, Bursts, and Marketing
Ok, so I've been saving up some posts that I wanted to talk about but I haven't gotten around to it. I'll steal the infamous uber-post format because . . . I'm lazy. It wasn't all that…
Read the articleA Day That Will Live In Infamy (aka The Day Party Booted Their Skins)
I'm somewhat shocked that nobody in the poker blogosphere is talking about the fact that PartyPoker has jettisoned their skins. Sometime this weekend, Party went down for a bit and then…
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